Megan K. DeFranza, PhD is a counselor, author, keynote speaker, and filmmaker based in Beverly, MA, specializing in helping individuals, couples, and groups heal from harmful messages about sex, gender, and sexuality in Christianity and American culture.
With her informed and gracious approach, Dr. DeFranza combines careful scholarship with charitable conversations to critique traditionalist interpretations of the Bible that have harmed women, LGBTQIA+, cis-gender, and straight individuals, while advancing more inclusive, faithful, and healthy biblical interpretations. Her books are widely used as textbooks in colleges and seminaries, and she has also directed an award-winning documentary and created a video curriculum on Scripture and the new science of gender. Through her work, Dr. DeFranza holds safe space for difficult conversations, guides audiences through grief, and invites people to embrace their shared humanity and create healthy changes in themselves, their relationships, and their communities.
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